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American HealthChoice Announces First Quarter Results.


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IRVING Irving, city (1990 pop. 155,037), Dallas co., N Tex., a suburb of Dallas; inc. as a city 1952. Building supplies, chemicals, electronic equipment, and airplane parts are manufactured in Irving. , Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 20, 2001

American HealthChoice, Inc. (OTC OTC

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 BB: AHIC AHIC American Health Information Community ) today announced financial results for the quarter ended December 31, 2000.

Net income for the three months ended December 31, 2000 was $12,000 compared to a net income of $28,000 for the same period in 1999. Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) is a non-GAAP metric that can be used to evaluate a company's profitability.
:EBITDA = Operating Revenue – Operating Expenses + Other Revenue
 ("EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization) A metric used to show a company's profitability, but not its cash flow. EBITDA became popular in the 1980s to show the potential profitability of leveraged buyouts, but has become ") was $179,000 in 2000 compared to $70,000 in 1999. The primary difference between net income and EBITDA for the December 2000 quarter is the quarterly goodwill amortization of $97,000. This non-cash charge Non-Cash Charge

A charge off, made by a company against earnings, that does not require an initial outlay of cash.

Notes:
Non-cash charges are typically against the depreciation, amortization, and depletion accounts on a company's balance sheet.
, which will continue in future quarters, amortizes over a ten year term the excess in purchase price over the fair value of clinic assets acquired in September 2000.

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.W. Stucki stated "Historically the quarter ending December has lower patient revenues than the other quarters due to the holiday season. The most recent quarter was further impacted by the cold weather in December. Our January patient services have improved significantly from December and we expect revenues for the quarter ended March to increase 10% compared to the December quarter. If this trend continues, we anticipate higher profits in future quarters."

American HealthChoice, Inc. is a provider of healthcare services and operates primary care clinics located in Texas and Louisiana Louisiana (ləwē'zēăn`ə, lē'–), state in the S central United States. It is bounded by Mississippi, with the Mississippi R. . Its stock is quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board OTC Bulletin Board

An electronic quotation listing of the bid and asked prices of OTC stocks that do not meet the requirements to be listed on the NASDAQ stock-listing system.
 under the symbol "AHIC".

"Safe Harbor Safe Harbor

1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated.

2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive.
" Statement: The statements in this release that relate to future plans, expectations, events, performance, and the like are forward-looking statements forward-looking statement

A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections.
 within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and  of 1995 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Actual results or events could differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements due to a variety of factors, including those set forth in the company's report on Form 10-KSB for fiscal year 2000 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.


                      American HealthChoice, Inc.

            Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations

                                    Three Months ended December 31
                                    ------------------------------
                                        1999              2000

   ----                       ----
Net patient revenues                $ 1,015,000        $ 1,236,000
Operating expenses excluding
 depreciation & amortization            974,000          1,107,000
Depreciation & amortization              24,000            135,000
Other income, net                        11,000             24,000
Taxes                                        -               6,000
                                     ----------        -----------
Net income                          $    28,000        $    12,000
                                     ==========        ===========

Basic and diluted net income
 per share                          $        -         $        -
Weighted average common shares
 outstanding                         28,144,000         80,121,000


                 Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet

                                                December 31,
                                                    2000

        Cash                                 $      3,000
        Accounts receivable, net                7,619,000
        Other current assets                      146,000
                                               -----------
            Total current assets                7,768,000
        Property and equipment, net               470,000
        Goodwill, net                           3,721,000
        Other assets                              428,000
                                               -----------
            Total assets                     $ 12,387,000
                                               ===========

        Current liabilities                  $    915,000
        Convertible debentures (1)              3,697,000
        Other long-term liabilities             1,719,000
                                               -----------
            Total liabilities                   6,331,000

        Stockholders' equity                    6,056,000

      ---------------------
            Total liabilities and
             stockholders' equity            $ 12,387,000
                                               ==========

(1) Convertible into 20,415,000 shares of common stock


American HealthChoice, Inc. is a provider of healthcare services and operates primary care clinics located in Texas and Louisiana. Its stock is quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board under the symbol "AHIC".

"Safe Harbor" Statement: The statements in this release that relate to future plans, expectations, events, performance, and the like are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Actual results or events could differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements due to a variety of factors, including those set forth in the company's report on Form 10-KSB for fiscal year 2000 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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